Welcome to the Smithsonian, @Plimoth #mishoon
/1 Comment/in Behind the Scenes, Mishoon, Seriously Amazing, Uncategorized /by Elizabeth BugbeeToday, September 6, 2013, Smithsonian Affiliate Plimoth Plantation delivered a traditional Mashpee Wampanoag #mishoon to the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. (What is a mishoon? Read our previous blogs here and here) In a special ceremony at the Cultural Resources Center in Suitland, Maryland, Plimoth, Wampanoag, and Smithsonian staff came together and celebrated […]
every time i visit your museum, bling bling
/4 Comments/in General, Museum Day, Seriously Amazing, Uncategorized /by Elizabeth BugbeeSpecial thanks to Monica Reardon, Smithsonian Affiliations summer intern, for authoring the 2013 Smithsonian #MuseumDayLive! blog series. Housed in an historic bank building on Wall Street in New York City, the Museum of American Finance is dedicated to preserving, exhibiting and teaching about American finance and financial history. The founder, John Herzog, began with two exhibits […]
Satisfy your Museum Day hunger with a Flying Pancake
/2 Comments/in General, Museum Day, Uncategorized /by Elizabeth BugbeeSpecial thanks to Monica Reardon, Smithsonian Affiliations summer intern, for authoring the 2013 Smithsonian #MuseumDayLive! blog series. A donation in 1963 to The University of Texas marked the beginnings of the museum Frontiers of Flight, now located in Dallas, Texas. The collection of artifacts and archival materials of George Haddaway, an aviation historian and the […]
The Sun Sets on the Ten Thousand Springs Pavilion
/2 Comments/in Behind the Scenes, Road Reports, Uncategorized /by Elizabeth BugbeeAfter 5-years on the road visiting 5 Affiliates in Illinois, Texas, New York, and Kentucky, a team of experts packed-up the Ten Thousand Springs Pavilion at the International Museum of Art and Science (McAllen, Texas) at the end of August. The Pavilion reached nearly 150,000 visitors while on view at Peoria Riverfront Museum, Irving Arts […]
Plimoth Plantation creates mishoon for Smithsonian museum
/14 Comments/in General, Mishoon, Seriously Amazing, Uncategorized /by Elizabeth BugbeeOn September 6, 2013, Plimoth Plantation (Plymouth, Mass.) will donate a mishoon to the National Museum of the American Indian. Created this past spring by the Wampanoag Indigenous Program (WIP) at Plimoth Plantation, members of the WIP will present the mishoon and accompanying paddles to NMAI in a special gift ceremony at the museum’s Cultural […]
promote your smithsonian affiliation on your website
/1 Comment/in Behind the Scenes, enewsletter feature, General, Resources, Uncategorized /by Laura HansenSmithsonian Affiliates are spotlighting their Affiliation on websites and visual communications. As so many museum visitors log onto a museum’s website before they come through the doors, this is an amazing way to emphasize your ongoing partnership with the Smithsonian to your community and visitors. We wanted to share some great examples and let you […]
Plan Ahead- 2014 Jazz Appreciation Month
/1 Comment/in General, Uncategorized, You Heard It Here First /by Elizabeth BugbeeJazz Appreciation Month (JAM)–April 2014–is just around the corner. Affiliates have the opportunity to participate in FREE Media Training/Networking webinars organized by The Jazz Journalists Association (JJA). The JJA program will help Affiliate organizations use JAM as an opportunity to broaden their outreach to local communities and media outlets and to network with local jazz influencers. Three […]
engineering ingenuity at the buffalo bill center of the west
/2 Comments/in General, Museum Day, Seriously Amazing, Uncategorized /by Elizabeth BugbeeSpecial thanks to Monica Reardon, Smithsonian Affiliations summer intern, for authoring the 2013 #MuseumDayLive! Affiliate blog series. The Buffalo Bill Center of the West had its start as a log building in Cody, Wyoming, resembling Buffalo Bill’s TE Ranch house. Mary Jester Allen intended the museum to be a national shrine and memorial to her uncle, […]
Affiliates in the news!
/1 Comment/in Affiliates in the News, General, Uncategorized /by Elizabeth BugbeeCongrats to these Affiliates making news! Each month we highlight Affiliate-Smithsonian and Affiliate-Affiliate collaborations making headlines. If you have a clipping highlighting a collaboration with the Smithsonian or with a fellow Affiliate you’d like to have considered for the Affiliate blog, please contact Elizabeth Bugbee. CALIFORNIA Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles, California) Carlos Bulosan poem inspires US […]
kudos Affiliates! September 2013
/1 Comment/in Affiliates in the News, enewsletter feature, General, Uncategorized /by Elizabeth BugbeeSummer 2013 is winding down but continues to be a hot one for our Affiliates! Funding The National Endowment for the Humanities recently announced the recipients of $33 million in grants for 173 humanities projects, including the following Affiliate projects: – Mystic Seaport Museum (Mystic, CT)-$164,280 Project: “The American Maritime People” NEH Summer Institute 2014 […]
“Train” your eyes on adventure at the B&O Railroad Museum
/4 Comments/in General, Museum Day, Seriously Amazing, Uncategorized /by Elizabeth BugbeeSpecial thanks to Monica Reardon, Smithsonian Affiliations summer intern, for authoring the 2013 Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Live! blog series. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum is located where the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad came into being during the late 1820s, in Baltimore, Maryland. The collection grew from a late 19th century trade show exhibit […]
“Hey Mom, guess what I did today? I moved a totem pole!”
/5 Comments/in Behind the Scenes, General, Seriously Amazing, Uncategorized /by Elizabeth BugbeeSpecial thanks to Summer Olsen, 2013 Smithsonian Affiliations Intern Partner for writing this guest post. Summer spent 10 weeks at the Smithsonian this summer. She returns to California this fall to complete the second half of her intern partnership. Thank you, Summer! During my summer 2013 internship through the Smithsonian Affiliations Intern Partnership Program I assisted […]
“American Sabor” at the American Jazz Museum
/1 Comment/in General, Museum Day, Seriously Amazing, Uncategorized, You Heard It Here First /by Elizabeth BugbeeSpecial thanks to Monica Reardon, Smithsonian Affiliations summer intern, for authoring the Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Live! blog series. Located at the crossroads of 18th & Vine, the Jazz District of Kansas City, Missouri, the American Jazz Museum showcases the sights and sounds of jazz through interactive exhibits, films, programs, and performances. Since 1997, the museum […]
kudos affiliates! july-august 2013
/1 Comment/in Affiliates in the News, enewsletter feature, General, Resources, Uncategorized /by Jennifer Brundage2013 continues to be a successful one for our Affiliates! Funding Three Affiliate museums received support from Smithsonian Community Grant program sponsored by MetLife Foundation. Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, ME-$4,000: To fund honoraria and travel expenses for participants in the museum’s planned public programs for their hosting of IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas. Programming includes […]
Affiliates in the News! July 2013
/in Affiliates in the News, General, Uncategorized /by Elizabeth BugbeeCongrats to these Affiliates making news! Each month we highlight Affiliate-Smithsonian and Affiliate-Affiliate collaborations making headlines. If you have a clipping highlighting a collaboration with the Smithsonian or with a fellow Affiliate you’d like to have considered for the Affiliate blog, please contact Elizabeth Bugbee. Telluride Historical Museum (Telluride, Colorado) Sharing History: Telluride Historical Museum named Smithsonian Affiliate […]
Exclusive Grant Opportunity for Affiliates: Places of Invention
/1 Comment/in enewsletter feature, Exhibitions, General, Uncategorized, You Heard It Here First /by Laura HansenWe’re looking for up to 20 Affiliates to receive $10,000 and training in Washington, D.C. to document innovation in your community. Places of Invention (POI) is an exhibition in development, organized by the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, and scheduled to open at the National Museum of American History in 2015. The Lemelson […]